Actor John Eric Bentley

Actor John Eric Bentley

Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times

Actor John Eric Bentley tutors son Maxwell, a kindergartner. Bentley, who has about 50 film and TV credits, says he makes barely enough to support his four children and pay the mortgage on his home in West Hills. Im in a survival mode, he says. Every day is a fight. He recently took a graveyard-shift job as a hotel security guard to supplement his income.

Actor John Eric Bentley tutors son Maxwell, a kindergartner. Bentley, who has about 50 film and TV credits, says he makes barely enough to support his four children and pay the mortgage on his home in West Hills. Im in a survival mode, he says. Every day is a fight. He recently took a graveyard-shift job as a hotel security guard to supplement his income. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Actor John Eric Bentley tutors son Maxwell, a kindergartner. Bentley, who has about 50 film and TV credits, says he makes barely enough to support his four children and pay the mortgage on his home in West Hills. Im in a survival mode, he says. Every day is a fight. He recently took a graveyard-shift job as a hotel security guard to supplement his income.